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Month: June 2022

New trial to test whooping cough vaccine

29/06/202229/06/2022
Becky Attwood
News stories

Faculty researchers are to launch a trial to test a new type of vaccine for whooping cough as the current vaccines become less effective. The study, known as a ‘human challenge’ trial, will involve a nasal spray of the new

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Bringing artistic skills and medical expertise together

29/06/202229/06/2022
Becky Attwood
Alumni, Careers, Education, Professional, Undergraduate

A former Southampton medical student is putting her artistic skills and medical expertise together to help children and their families understand Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Disorder (PIMS). PIMS is a new condition that happens weeks after someone has had the virus

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Southampton researchers play leading roles in new global alliance to improve warzone healthcare

29/06/202229/06/2022
Becky Attwood
News stories

Three University of Southampton academics, including two from the Faculty of Medicine, are at the heart of a new global network to tackle a desperate need for better healthcare in war and conflict. Attacks on healthcare are now a feature

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Scientists use tadpoles to discover new children’s genetic disease

27/06/202227/06/2022
Becky Attwood
News stories

Tadpoles have helped and international team of scientists to identify a new genetic disease, which causes some children’s brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development. The majority of patients with the condition, that is so new it doesn’t

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Erectile dysfunction drugs could help treat oesophageal cancer

Tim Underwood
22/06/202222/06/2022
Becky Attwood
News stories

A group of drugs commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction may be able to boost the effect of chemotherapy in oesophageal cancer, according to new research from the University of Southampton. The research, published in Cell Reports Medicine, found that

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Reflecting on 20+ years with the Faculty of Medicine

21/06/202221/06/2022
Becky Attwood
Careers, Mark Hanson, Professional, Research

After more than 20 years at the University of Southampton, and a distinguished career of working to improve the health of mothers and their children around the world, Professor Mark Hanson retires at the end of June. Medically Speaking speaks

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New £2.2 million study to use AI to prevent multiple long-term health conditions

17/06/202217/06/2022
Becky Attwood
News stories

Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine are to lead a new multidisciplinary, multicentre centre project to investigate risk factors and key timepoints in life to prevent particular combinations of long-term conditions like diabetes, heart disease, depression or dementia. Increasing numbers

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Bone marrow condition treatment developed in Southampton over two decades has received FDA orphan drug status

16/06/202216/06/2022
Becky Attwood
News stories

A therapy used in preparing patients for bone marrow transplantation which has been developed in Southampton over the past 20 years has been awarded Orphan Drug Status (ODD) by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Bone marrow conditioning

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Prestigious fellowship to further research in regenerative medicine

15/06/202215/06/2022
Becky Attwood
News stories

The leader of a University of Southampton spin-out company has been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to support her work in using nanoclay gel technology to transform orthopaedic surgery. Dr Agnieszka Janeczek, CEO of Renovos, will use the Fellowship

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‘Inspiring Stories’ with Tinashe Munyebvu

09/06/202201/07/2022
Sara Close
Engaged Medicine

This is part of the Engaged Medicine ‘Inspiring Stories’ blog series. In her blog Tinashe shares her experiences of engaging and involving members of the public with her research into osteoarthritis.

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